http://domestichero.com Issues, stories, and products made in America en HQ Copyright 2010 DomesticHero.com. Some Rights Reserved. 2010-02-15T23:14:00-08:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201003/jobless-america-future http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201003/jobless-america-future#When:23:14:00Z "The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults.” 2010-02-15T23:14:00-08:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/technology/11valley.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/technology/11valley.html#When:02:54:00Z "Silicon Valley is both a barometer of the rest of the country and a spark for the rest of the country, and if we don’t protect that innovation culture here, it’s going to be hard to sustain an innovation culture in the country.” 2010-02-12T02:54:00-08:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08krugman.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/opinion/08krugman.html#When:04:37:00Z The truth is that given the state of American politics, the way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government. 2010-02-09T04:37:00-08:00 http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527426.900-get-ready-for-chinas-domination-of-science.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527426.900-get-ready-for-chinas-domination-of-science.html#When:22:27:00Z "Very quietly, China has become the world’s second-largest producer of scientific knowledge, surpassed only by the US, a status it has achieved at an awe-inspiring rate. If it continues on its current trajectory China will overtake the US before 2020 and the world will look very different as a result.” 2010-01-17T22:27:00-08:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/american-decline http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/american-decline#When:02:08:00Z In most significant ways, the U.S. remains the envy of the world. But here’s the alarming problem: our governing system is old and broken and dysfunctional. Fixing it—without resorting to a constitutional convention or a coup—is the key to securing the nation’s future. 2010-01-11T02:08:00-08:00 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101196.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101196.html#When:23:28:00Z There has been zero net job creation since December 1999. No previous decade going back to the 1940s had job growth of less than 20 percent. Economic output rose at its slowest rate of any decade since the 1930s as well. 2010-01-02T23:28:00-08:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas#When:04:53:00Z China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful “deal” so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen. 2009-12-23T04:53:00-08:00 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/12/21/my_lazy_american_students/ http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/12/21/my_lazy_american_students/#When:04:32:01Z We’ve got a knowledge gap, spurred by a work-ethic gap. 2009-12-23T04:32:01-08:00 http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/fired-american-apparel-workers-to-get-benefits-of-sale-.html http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/12/fired-american-apparel-workers-to-get-benefits-of-sale-.html#When:05:56:00Z The trendy, L.A.-based clothier sponsored the “Justice for Immigrants” event to benefit some 1,600 employees let go in recent months after federal inspections uncovered discrepancies in their immigration documentation. 2009-12-20T05:56:00-08:00 http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2009/12/past-decade-world-western http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2009/12/past-decade-world-western#When:17:23:00Z Unreality is the defining feature of the fashionable ideas of the past decade. Perhaps only a more serious crisis will overturn these delusive fancies 2009-12-14T17:23:00-08:00 http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/1208/p09s06-coop.html http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/1208/p09s06-coop.html#When:22:29:00Z From AIDS to Android phones, research shows that intellectual property rights are detrimental to the social good. 2009-12-11T22:29:00-08:00 http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/dec2009/ca2009128_264955.htm http://www.businessweek.com/managing/content/dec2009/ca2009128_264955.htm#When:18:49:00Z The profit motive, not government or charity, will create the kind of socially responsible world we want our kids and grandkids to grow up in 2009-12-11T18:49:00-08:00 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34375497/ns/business-washington_post/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34375497/ns/business-washington_post/#When:18:47:00Z Administration looking to redirect TARP funds to address unemployment 2009-12-11T18:47:00-08:00 http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/how-did-israel-become-start-up-nation/ http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/how-did-israel-become-start-up-nation/#When:22:24:00Z Since the onset of the current financial crisis, political and economic pundits have loudly proclaimed the end of American economic dominance. U.S. policymakers are struggling to revive the economy, establish new industrial competencies, and remain globally competitive. Israel, just 60 years old and with a population of 7.1 million, has emerged as a model of entrepreneurialism that countries at all stages of development have tried to replicate. 2009-12-04T22:24:00-08:00 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc2009121_842902.htm http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc2009121_842902.htm#When:22:44:01Z Instead of encouraging the first brain drain in U.S. history, the country should create a program to welcome funded startup entrepreneurs. 2009-12-02T22:44:01-08:00